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when coming to wheie I had ^marked the bird — only to find a 

 lot of feathers — a Fox having claimed the other share during 

 the night. There being several inches of snow I saw that this 

 fellow had left his trail at least thirty yards — went straight to 

 the dead bird and after devouring it returned by the same track 

 to the old road and went up on the mountain. Now then, if a 

 Fox can scent a dead bird that distance how many Pheasants do 

 you suppose one Fox will kill in a year? and how about the 

 young birds that cannot fly or protect themselves at all? Foxes 

 destroy a great many Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks for our 

 farmers. Both species of Foxes are found in this and neigh- 

 boring counties, but the Red Fox is the most numerous. The 

 Gray Fox don't often come about farm buildings, but he 

 catches all the poultry he can which wanders near his fav- 

 orite haunts in the woods and slashings, he devours large 

 numbers of ground-nesting bir3s and is probably as bad as 

 the Red Fox in destroying Pheasants. I certaijily favor a 

 bounty for the heads of these cunning rascals. 



J. H. DAVIS, Water Street, Huntingdon County: 



We have both Red and Gray Foxes; the former is the most 

 common. The Fox and Polecat have often taken whole broods 

 of chickens from us; the Polecats come within three rods of the 

 house and interview the occupants of the coop. 



HON. CHAS. LUHR, St. Mary's, Elk County: 



We have both Red and Gray Foxes, and the Red predomin- 

 ate. They will visit very often the hen roosts and are very 

 bad about destroying game, especially Pheasants and Rabbits. 

 Both detrimental. 



J. R. LEHMAN, Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon County: 



We have both Gray and Red Foxes. The Red is the most 

 common and destructive to chickens and turkeys. Consider 

 both kinds detrimental to the farmer. 



HON. P. M. LYTLE, Huntingdon County: 



Both Red and Gray occur here. Red species is the most 

 common and most destructive to game and poultry. Both 

 kinds are detrimental to the farmer. 



L. WELLS, Wyalusing, Bradford County: 



Both kinds found here. Red is most destructive to poultry, 

 because it is more numerous than the Gray. Both kinds de- 



